SKI­ING

French down­hill skier David Pois­son, a for­mer medal­ist at the world cham­pi­onships, died on Mon­day fol­low­ing a train­ing crash in Canada. He was 35.

The French Ski Fed­er­a­tion said Pois­son, who won the down­hill bronze medal at the 2013 worlds, was train­ing in the Cana­dian re­sort of Nakiska for World Cup races in North Amer­ica. The fed­er­a­tion did not elab­o­rate.